Christmas-box



(No Model.)

0. L. LOOKWOOD.

GHRISTMAS BOX.

Patented Oct. 13, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

CHARLES L. LOCKIVOOD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHRISTMAS-BOX.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,352, dated October 13, 1891. Application filed September 10, 1890. Serial No. 364,541. (No model.)

To all whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. LooKwooD, a citizenof the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fancy Candy or Christmas Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to boxes, and more particularly to what are known in the trade as Christmas or holiday boxes, which are adapted to hold confectionery and other articles and to be hung upon Christmas-trees, fire-places, or otherwise disposed of; and it has for its object to produce a simple, cheap, and attractive box that shall not only form a receptacle for the material, but carry out to a certain degree the ideas associated with such occasions.

To these ends my invention consists in a Christmas or holiday box or receptacle constructed to provide an extensible receptacle for the materials, as more particularly hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the preferred embodimentsof my invention. v

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box embodying the essential features thereof. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of such a box on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, the box being flattened down. 3, Fig. 1.

The box-body may be made of any desirable Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 material, but preferably of paper, and it can be ornamented in any desired manner, (well known to those skilled in the art.) In the drawings I have shown it consisting of two pieces of paper A B, preferably having the general outline of a stocking. The lower portion of these pieces or sides" are preferably united by any suitable means, as by glue or by rivets or eyelets a a. The upper portions of the sides are free from each other, and between them and seen red to them in any proper manner, as byglue or paste, is a bag or receptacle C, of flexible material. The receptacle may be of paper, cloth, netting, or similar cheap and flexible material, and may be extended above the sidesA B to form a flexible extension 0, provided with an edge-hem for a drawstring 0, whereby its mouth may be closed. As two sides 3 s of the receptacle remain flexible, the pieces A B may be brought .fiat together, so that the box can be closely packed and folded for transportation and stor-. age, and when required for use can be expanded to receive the confectionery or other material which may be retained in the receptacle by the draw-string, and which may also serve as suspension-cords to the box.

It will be understood, of course, that the size of the box can be varied to suit the wishes of the user, and that the material out of which the box is constructed and the ornamentation can be readily changed, so that a large and pleasing variety of boxes may be made, all

embodying the essential features of my in-,

vention.

What I claim is 1. A Christmas-box consisting of two side pieces connected together at one end and a receptacle having portions secured to the. 

